Henry is a writer, speaker and brand consultant. He joins the podcast to discuss his upcoming book — Second Act — in which he analysises the phenomenon of late bloomers and what we can learn from them.

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(00:00) - Intro

(00:49) - Guest introduction

(01:35) - The scripts that Henry grew up with

(05:48) - John Stuart Mill

(08:19) - Samuel Johnson

(15:01) - "The common reader" & Why we shouldn't dismiss Gladwell

(18:19) - Writing

(22:03) - His book about the late bloomers

(28:48) - Penelope Fitzgerald

(34:16) - Is it too easy to share your writing?

(37:17) - The importance of finding the others

(41:20) - Conversations, talking to yourself and writing

(43:52) - Getting disappointed early

(48:30) - There is no actual average person, the importance of taking variability into account

(53:07) - How writing a book changes people

(55:48) - Tyler Cowen and the power of the internet

(58:25) - What Samuel Johnson would be working on today?

(01:00:14) - The lessons from Audrey Sutherland

(01:05:31) - Closing remarks

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